Empowerment through organisation: Women workers in the informal sector

Indian Journal of Gender Studies

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 171-197

  Rao, Nitya ^a  

^a Friedrich Ebert Stiftung   (India)

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EID: 12744276385     PISSN: 09715215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/097152159600300203     Document Type: Article

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